Other ways to donate, support, or volunteerTo donate directly to our organization, please send check or money order to ROSM, P.O. Box 302, Frankfort, KY 40602-0302. ROSM also appreciates in-kind donations of stamps, copy paper, envelopes, pens, post-it notes, and letter sized manila folders. Your consideration of any of these avenues to help those who are less fortunate is greatly appreciated.

Financial Summary

Statements

Mission Statement

The Resource Office for Social Ministries is a cooperative venture of area non profit and public agencies and churches. We seek to coordinate emergency assistance through the most effective and efficient use of local benevolent funds, in the areas of homelessness and homelessness prevention.

Background Statement

During the early 1980's when the current Federal spending cuts in social services programs were first being felt, several churches in Frankfort identified a need to coordinate and monitor an ever-increasing amount and variety of individual requests for aid in the community. Requests for utilities, rent, clothing, food, and medical attention, among others, were at a crisis level and it was clear that more cooperation was in order to meet the demand. Many were aware that there was not enough clear communication among existing helping agents, including churches, to ensure the fairest, most efficient, "non duplicated" delivery of services. It was at that juncture that ROSM came together to function, as it does today, as a clearing house for emergency assistance for those in need in Frankfort and Franklin County.

Impact Statement

Each year since its inception, ROSM exceeds the assistance provided from the year before. In the last three years, the level of giving and grant funds has allowed even more individuals and families to be helped. We are constantly looking for innovative ways to solve the individual problems that are brought to our attention. Our recent effort is to identify potential employers and distribute the list to clients who are out of work. We have seem some success with this program and we look for ways to continue to improve this program.

Needs Statement

ROSM never has enough funds to cover the many requests that come into our office. The demand is definitely more than the resources. Last year, it would take an additional $355,312 to cover all the requests that were made. We are also always looking for Board members who have a compassion in helping others and willing to work to those ends. Volunteers are always needed to help with office and case work.

CEO/Executive Director Statement

ROSM is needed to coordinate the community's response to the growing dependency of agencies and individuals on private benevolent funds to compensate for the limitations on funds and services available in the public sector.

Board Chair Statement

Religious leaders call ROSM to identify sources of help, to verify needs and to prevent duplication of services to families. Social agencies call ROSM to find assistance for people who do not qualify for other programs for funds. ROSM makes connections so that people can find needed food, clothing, shelter, rent, utilities, transportation, medical care or other emergency needs. The office serves as a referral source and clearing house for the area.

GoalsHelpWhat is the organization aiming to accomplish? This is the organization's ultimate goal for intended impact.ROSM is a local not-for-profit agency that has proven itself a good steward of resources for over 34 years as a cooperative ministry in Franklin County, Kentucky. We have become a major community resource for agencies and churches by providing information to help determine what services they can provide and prevent duplication of assistance. With the screening process ROSM performs, clients can be referred to other agencies that have the resources to aid the individual or families in addition to receiving help from ROSM. Screening also verifies the legitimacy of the need that is requested.

StrategiesHelpWhat are the organization's strategies for its stated long-term goals?ROSM currently receives income from city and county grants, private grants, endowments, churches, fundraisers and individuals. It is our goal to expand resources in each of these areas, and we have begun a direct program that initiates conversation about our organization and generates interest in the community through face-to-face meetings, civic presentations, and individual approaches. The new Executive Director job description includes these activities and the Board will also take a more proactive approach. ROSM is also establishing a financial plan that will guarantee funds to be used to assist those in need for the next 10 years.

CapabilitiesHelpWhat are the organization’s capabilities for doing this? What resources, capacities, and connections support its progress towards long-term goals?ROSM has already established the connections with other service organizations and churches to accomplish our goals. Non-profit agencies have to move from a position of guarding clients and funding to sharing and caring about those we serve. Although other agencies are equipped and open to this new attitude, ROSM is uniquely positioned to make progress in this area because of the groundwork we have previously done working with agencies and churches, and because of our Christian roots, founded in the Franklin County Ministerial Association. In May 2016, a meeting of agencies and churches took place that trained the attendees in how ROSM works followed by discussion of how we can work together. The first step has been taken with many more to follow.

IndicatorsHelpHow will the organization know if it is making progress? What are the key qualitative and quantitative indicators against which the organization assesses its progress toward its intended impact?When ROSM began making the change towards a community building up an individual or family, we had applications from churches and from the Department of Community Based Services (otherwise known as Social Services). By reaching out to other agencies, we now extend that list to include the Men's Shelter, the Women's Shelter, Simon House (for homeless mothers or pregnant women), and the Salvation Army. In two short years, we have made progress in getting these agencies to work together for the good of the people in our community. In the next two years, we hope to double the number of organizations that collaborate with us. Although ROSM can never exceed in helping people over what we are able to secure as income, by working together, we believe that 25% more individuals and family units will be served.

ProgressHelpWhat has and hasn’t been accomplished so far?ROSM is going through a dramatic transition. By moving deliberately, we are able to maintain our current level of assistance to those who need it the most, while moving toward a more community wide approach of helping others. ROSM takes between 40 to 50 applications for assistance a week, and having capable case workers who can determine which grant monies, or ROSM monies, to use, is vital. We plan to reorganize our in-take process to help facilitate the process, which will take input from agencies and churches. This will be followed by training and networking so that everyone understands the process. These things take time and need to be done right the first time.

It's not as simple to meet the emergency needs of individuals and families who are living on the fringe of homelessness as it once was. Burgeoning requests from the community needy for emergency help: rent, utilities, medicine, food, clothing, and doctor bills, tax the resources of area agencies and churches. Many of the social agencies seek assistance through ROSM for those who do not qualify for their programs. ROSM supplies an organized approach by acting as a clearinghouse, verifying the needs of families and individuals who seek help, identifying resources to fill those needs and by preventing the duplication of services.

CEO/Executive Director

Executive Director Danny Garland

Term StartFeb 2014

Emailrosmfrankfort@gmail.com

ExperienceDanny Garland is ROSM's current Executive Director. After 32 years, Alene Ransdell retired. Danny has been on the ROSM Board of Directors since 2007. He was the President and CEO of the First Federal Savings Bank where he worked for 31 years. He is a life long resident of Frankfort, Kentucky and has already been aggressively meeting with organizations and churches and spreading the word about how ROSM helps the less fortunate in our community.

Experience/Biography Cindy retired from the Department of Education and initially began her career with ROSM as a volunteer. She worked for ROSM in 2013-14 and took a leave while her children pursued degrees in higher education. At the request of the Executive Director, she has returned and we are grateful.

Formal Evaluations

CEO Formal EvaluationNo

Senior Management Formal EvaluationNo

NonManagement Formal EvaluationNo

Comments

CEO Comments

Regarding contributions from Board members, our Board of Directors have representation from area churches. ROSM tracks the donations made by individual churches and we know that some of those include contributions by Board members.

ROSM provides emergency assistance for individuals and families that do not qualify for other types of assistance. The types of assistance include rent payment, mortgage payment, utility payment, non-controlled medicine purchases, medical appointment payment, and other help based on the request. Decisions are based on available funds that can be used to help the client and verification through case work of the client's current situation that caused the emergency need. The verification process requires extensive casework, but is done efficiently so that the client receives timely assistance.

ROSM serves as the community clearinghouse for clients who receive assistance from local agencies and churches. An extensive database is kept current with information about each individual and family that have received reported help since 1998. Agencies and churches are able to contact ROSM to inquire about the help that a client(s) has received in the past or are currently receiving. This process helps eliminate the duplication of assistance for a particular client so that the available monetary resources within the community can go farther.

DescriptionROSM finds available job openings in the area, skilled and unskilled, and compiles a list for each job type. These lists are given to clients who are out of work. We have even seen one client post the list on her Facebook page so that others would know about employment opportunities. This has begun to be very successful.

Budget$600.00

Category

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Program Comments

CEO Comments

Increased applications for assistance are received each time economic conditions decline and social services are cut. This past year has been especially difficult on people who live in poverty. Many are on the edge of homelessness and would find themselves on the street without our assistance. Although we are able to provide the needed casework for the volume of applications for help, donations are always in demand so ROSM has funding available to help those that need it. If you are searching for a way that your donated funds can impact a family in the most dire way, we ask that you consider contributing to ROSM.